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Melissa Marsden

@melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social
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Freelance Journalist www.framingthenarrative.com PhD Candidate in Media Flinders University Political Junkie 👩‍🦯🏳️‍🌈

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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hello, oh wow, absolutely! Thank you. What's your email? I will send you a copy 🤓
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Thanks to @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing my analysis piece for IDPwD #IDPwD #disability #media
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Better than nothing but for many Australians just not enough #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Ah I think that ship has sailed for me. Please subscribe to my website, then you’ll be notified when new articles are published (likely to be more up to date than on here)
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Thanks for appreciating my article. Accountability is a huge social issue
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Thanks for publishing Angela. It was certainly powerful to both hear and share Jo’s experience
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
A little late but it was great to write this piece on Jo Tarnawsky for @womensagenda.bsky.social #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Fantastic final observation from @markgkenny.bsky.social on #insiders #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
It was great to write this article on Paralympic para-equestrian Stella Barton for @powerdmedia.bsky.social #disability #paralympics #equestrian
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
My exclusive interview with South Australian Minister for Disability Nat Cook www.abilitynews.org/p/first-deta... #disability #ndis #auspol
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First detail from DRMC Meeting
Although South Australia is signing on to changes, Queensland now appears to be holding out for more GST reform
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Well the used to be. Couldn’t go into everything in the article it would have become a book 🤣
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Thanks to @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing my media analysis on the conclusion of The Project and QandA #independent #media #auspol #theprojecttv #insiders
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
My latest article published in my role as Special Correspondent at AbilityNEWS on women’s disability sport #disability #sport #womenssport #WWBL www.abilitynews.org/p/wheelchair...
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Wheelchair basketball's scoring
With three new teams setting a record for the sport
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The Nationals are splitting from the coalition. What a time to be alive #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Bringing you your morning disability news with my latest article with abilityNEWS on Disability Sports Australia Strategic Plan www.abilitynews.org/p/game-on-bu... #sport #disability #participation #inclusion #strategicplan #disabilitysports #DisabilitySportsAustralia
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Game on: building disability sports
New partnership aims to get people with disability back in the game
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
She’s historically outspoken, part of ‘the old Greens’ 🤷‍♀️
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Larissa Waters is the new Greens Leader. Sarah Hanson-Young is sidelined again #auspol #greensspill
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Very true
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Simply acknowledging it would be a first if he wins
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
If Tim Wilson runs for the Liberal leadership and wins it will surely be historic #auspol #libspill
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I will admit I underestimated Ed Husic. His interview is brilliantly scathing #insiders #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Thanks to @womensagenda.bsky.social for publishing this piece on Ali France’s victory in Dickson on Saturday #election #auspol #disability womensagenda.com.au/latest/ali-f...
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Ali France makes history. What does it mean for disability representation?
Ali France becomes the first person with a disability elected to the House of Representatives in Australia. So what happens now?
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Always a pleasure
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Thank you to my m editor @michellepini.bsky.social @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing this analysis of media disability media representation #disability #media #representation
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Glad you realised, I’d hate for you to think I was advocating for Littleproud 🤓 Speaking of violence against women I have just had an article published on coercive control you may be interested in. Feel free to subscribe to my business page too for regular updates 🤓
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Very grateful to have @womensagenda.bsky.social publish my article on coercive control. This piece took three years to complete #auspol #women #genderviolence #coercivecontrol #domesticviolence
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A reminder to followers to please subscribe to please my business page Framing the Narrative (link in bio). Thank you
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Thank you @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing this opinion piece on comments made by David Littleproud on Indigenous Australians #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Independent Member for Kooyong Monique Ryan is happy with candidates paying for content on social media without acknowledging that it’s paid #insiders #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
A great insult to young people made by Independent Member for Kooyong Monique Ryan to suggest they’re not watching insiders #insiders #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thank you to Ability News for publishing this piece #auspol #disability #qanda www.abilitynews.org/p/the-power-...
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The power of a single human story
Tell your story well and you can make a difference
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Very happy that the South Australian government has made conversation therapy illegal #saparli #pride
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Thank you to Missing Perspectives for publishing my article on disability in the federal budget missingperspectives.com/posts/federa... #disability #budget #politics #media
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"Disability support services are not optional": Disability advocates respond to federal budget | Missing Perspectives
In Tuesday’s Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced that the government will set aside $424 million for Australians with a disability. However,
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Nothing has been explained, what is that money going towards? Long term security has been neglected
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Another budget lacking substance for people with disabilities. #auspol #disability
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Thank you to @womensagenda.bsky.social for publishing this article on Monday night’s Q&A program #auspol #media #disability #NDIS #qanda #abc
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I’d love to hear from Penny Wong on the Tasman sea missile event. #insiders #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I think voters knocked him back on other issues more than that. It was a Lib/Murdoch scare campaign
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Yes, I’m speaking broadly
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If Labor wanted to “strengthen Medicare and ease cost of living” they should put dental on Medicare. #auspol #insiders
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Having Dutton talk about intervention on supermarket prices is remarkable given the Libs free-market ideology #auspol #insiders
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Happy to know that Mark Butler called out the Coalition on supporting Pauline Hanson’s transphobic discourse #auspol
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I completely agree
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Thank you Julie. I really appreciate that.
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Thanks for that feedback. She’s a great candidate, it would be nice if the media highlighted her strengths without the disabling narrative
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Thank you to @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing my analysis of The Courier Mail’s representation of ALP Candidate for Dickson Ali France #auspol #disability #media
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Dutton’s election campaign has begun. Paraphrasing Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ with ‘Get Australia Back on Track’🙄 #auspol #usapol
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Michelle Redfern @michelleredfern.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Thank the goddess for Laura Tingle. After watching spud I now need to go scrub myself with a wire brush. #Insiders
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Can never get enough, wish she’d join BlueSky
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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Thank you Laura Tingle for calling out the LNP for saying they’ll announce spending cuts AFTER the election. Sneaky and dishonest #insiders #auspol
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